“What can I say, everybody knows him,” Guardiola said of 33-year-old Silva to the club website. “He has a sense, to move between the lines like nobody else in the world – he is a fighter.

“And Sergio, you know his sense of goals in the box is unique in the world.”

Kyle Walker was perhaps fortunate to remain on the field following two poor challenges on Nathan Ake which yielded a single yellow card, before Aguero slotted the visitors ahead following Kevin De Bruyne’s scuffed effort.

In-form Raheem Sterling doubled the advantage with his fifth top-flight goal of the campaign and, despite Cherries substitute Harry Wilson halving the deficit with a superb free-kick, Aguero’s 400th strike for club and country sealed the three points.

Sergio Aguero racked up his 400th career goal on Sunday (Adam Davy/PA)

It was also a memorable day for midfielder De Bruyne, who, in inadvertent fashion, set a new record as the player to reach 50 Premier League assists in the fewest number of games.

The Belgian required just 123 outings to achieve the feat, 18 fewer than Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil.

Aguero, who has scored 235 of his 400 career goals for City, was full of praise for creative team-mates De Bruyne and Silva.

“Congratulations to Kevin. We know Kevin. He is an amazing player,” said the 31-year-old. “He and David, their assists are so good. We are happy because they play for us.”

Wing-back Daniels, who was only just back from a long-term knee problem, left the Vitality Stadium pitch on a stretcher in the first half.

“It’s such a tough one for him, it’s such a tough one for us,” said Howe. “It’s a real blow for the club really because he’s such a popular member of the squad, such a valued player. And he’s worked so hard to get back fit, he’s done everything right.

“To suddenly break like that is desperately disappointing. He’s got the strength of character to do it (come back), he’ll need picking up, for sure, and he’ll need a lot of support initially but he’ll get that from us.”